4+ hour, 33+ min ago   (1156+ words) PITTSBURGH — As he lifted himself from the Acrisure Stadium grass, Falcons quarterback Cooper Rush angrily pushed the football into the ground, looked toward the scoreboard and raised his right arm with a blend of fury and annoyance. Rush didn’t know…...

8+ hour, 26+ min ago   (358+ words) PITTSBURGH — The Falcons, despite starting the third-string quarterback, the wealth of penalties and the two missed field goals, were alive. Then, as Steelers star edge rusher T.J. Watt jumped, snared Cooper Rush’s check-down, rumbled forward, picked himself up and finished…...

13+ hour, 56+ min ago   (346+ words) Jaylen Mbakwe pointed to the sky. The Georgia Tech cornerback was taken from the field on a stretcher early in the third quarter in Saturday’s 45-24 loss to Tennessee. Mbakwe was taken to Grady Memorial Hospital, according to a Tech spokesperson....

14+ hour, 54+ min ago   (747+ words) More than 30 years later, Fox Sports NFL sideline reporter Pam Oliver still gets butterflies. Even after navigating a media landscape that has shifted since the 1980s and ’90s, Oliver has remained a mainstay on televisions across the country. Her intent to keep…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago   (200+ words) Falcons quarterback Cooper Rush suffered back spasms earlier Saturday but will still start Sunday’s season-opener against the Pittsburgh Steelers, the team announced in a press release Saturday afternoon. Rush, the Falcons’ third-string quarterback, is starting because of injuries to Tua…...

2+ day, 17+ hour ago   (807+ words) Former Georgia star Stetson Bennett made his NFL regular season debut Thursday night, taking 10 snaps for the Los Angeles Rams in their 27-7 opening week loss to San Francisco. Bennett was 2-of-3 passing for 13 yards and had a 9-yard first down…...

2+ day, 13+ hour ago   (1003+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — Maybe he’s sticking to coachspeak, or perhaps he’s jaded after starting 13 quarterbacks across six seasons with the Cleveland Browns, but Kevin Stefanski said he isn’t taken aback by the Falcons’ chaotic signal-caller carousel. A summer-long competition left the…...

3+ day, 3+ hour ago   (1054+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — Cooper Rush’s car is still “full of crap.” He’s currently living in a hotel. And on Sunday afternoon, he may be the Falcons’ Week 1 starting quarterback. Signed by the team July 29, the first day of training camp, Rush…...

3+ day, 8+ hour ago   (510+ words) FLOWERY BRANCH — Falcons quarterback Tua Tagovailoa suffered an oblique injury during an individual throwing portion early in Thursday’s practice, and the team officially listed him as limited for the session. Veteran backup Cooper Rush took all of the first-team snaps…...

3+ day, 12+ hour ago   (627+ words) Are you ready for some football? The Falcons open their season Sunday at Pittsburgh, and with that kickoff comes plenty of unknowns about how the season will go. The quarterback position is one of the biggest question marks, along with…...